Quammie Walker
Registered User
I sent my name and email in to a lodge close by me about a month or two ago here in Norfolk VA I'm still waiting for their call but I can't lie some good things happen for me since I left my info
It is very reasonable for Freemasons to be curious as to your spiritual beliefs to make sure you meet the requirement of having a belief in a Supreme Being, and discussion of your religion can support that, but beyond satisfying themselves of our belief in a Supreme Being, Religion should not be further discussed, unless there is some concern about the particular religion - and we would generally not put Judaism in that group. The language used (slaughter) is strange; but purely might have been a very clumsy way to explore if you are tolerant.. If I heard this from one of my applicants, I would be calling the committee members and counseling them. If they saw no problem, their days on such committees would be over.I was asked to give them $150 for the imitation fee.
As for social media, there wouldn’t have been anything out of the ordinary they would have found. Unless they do not like my taste in music (Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young) Hahah. Those bands are often seen as music for pot smokers, but at my interview when they asked about drugs I made sure to disclose the fact I used to smoke pot, but have since matured and do not smoke nor drink. This would be the only thing I could think of that they may have not liked other than my religion (Judaism), which they asked me a lot about. The investigator made one comment during the investigation that made me think it could have been due to religion, he said, “do you mind sitting next to a knights Templar, a group of people that would have slaughtered heretics”, To which I replied “I would try to understand their perspective and respect their point of view”. I often try to see the bright side of things and from what I read and know about my family who are Freemasons is that they are a group of very Free thinking individuals. But hopefully my petition accidentally fell through the cracks.
I had contacted the man who gave me my petition and he had said that he would let the secretary know.Any updates on this, OP?
I sent my name and email in to a lodge close by me about a month or two ago here in Norfolk VA I'm still waiting for their call....